Re: boswars_2.4.1.dfsg-1_i386.changes REJECTED
Hi Joerg, Cyril and list, On Mon, Jan 07, 2008 at 03:12:37AM +0100, Cyril Brulebois wrote: On 06/01/2008, Joerg Jaspert wrote: ---+++ This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it. The software provided hereunder is on an as is basis, and the author has no obligation to provide maintenance, support, updates, enhancements, or modifications. ---+++ While we all know they mean the right thing - its still not free. You arent allowed to use it, and in (C) stuff that means you simply arent allowed to use it, as by default everything not granted is just not there... I thought copyright only protected the right to distribute copies (modified or not). What you do at home (modify, copy, use) is your own business, as long as you don't distribute the result. AFAIK the you may use the software is only there for completeness, not because you wouldn't have the right otherwise. But IANAL and I could very well be wrong... If nobody else is sure about this, we could ask -legal. Regardless of that it's probably a good idea to ask upstream to change the wording. As Joerg says, they obviously mean the software to be free. Thanks, Bas -- I encourage people to send encrypted e-mail (see http://www.gnupg.org). If you have problems reading my e-mail, use a better reader. Please send the central message of e-mails as plain text in the message body, not as HTML and definitely not as MS Word. Please do not use the MS Word format for attachments either. For more information, see http://pcbcn10.phys.rug.nl/e-mail.html signature.asc Description: Digital signature ___ Pkg-games-devel mailing list Pkg-games-devel@lists.alioth.debian.org http://lists.alioth.debian.org/mailman/listinfo/pkg-games-devel
boswars_2.4.1.dfsg-1_i386.changes REJECTED
Hi Maintainer, rejected, your debian/copyright points to the GPL symlink, but you have files licensed as GPLv2 only, ie. not with the or any later option. As the GPL symlink points to GPLv3 your copyright file is wrong. Please fix. In your case thats the case for the license for the whole package, its v2 only. Next point: ---+++ This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it. The software provided hereunder is on an as is basis, and the author has no obligation to provide maintenance, support, updates, enhancements, or modifications. ---+++ While we all know they mean the right thing - its still not free. You arent allowed to use it, and in (C) stuff that means you simply arent allowed to use it, as by default everything not granted is just not there... -- bye Joerg === If you don't understand why your files were rejected, or if the override file requires editing, reply to this email. ___ Pkg-games-devel mailing list Pkg-games-devel@lists.alioth.debian.org http://lists.alioth.debian.org/mailman/listinfo/pkg-games-devel
Re: boswars_2.4.1.dfsg-1_i386.changes REJECTED
On 06/01/2008, Joerg Jaspert wrote: Hi Maintainer, Hi Joerg, rejected, your debian/copyright points to the GPL symlink, but you have files licensed as GPLv2 only, ie. not with the or any later option. As the GPL symlink points to GPLv3 your copyright file is wrong. Please fix. thanks, I'll sort that out. In your case thats the case for the license for the whole package, its v2 only. Looks like COPYRIGHT.txt is a bit inconsistent since the game/software/package is said in two paragraphs to be licensed under v2+ and then v2 only. I'm currently poking upstream about that. Next point: ---+++ This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it. The software provided hereunder is on an as is basis, and the author has no obligation to provide maintenance, support, updates, enhancements, or modifications. ---+++ While we all know they mean the right thing - its still not free. You arent allowed to use it, and in (C) stuff that means you simply arent allowed to use it, as by default everything not granted is just not there... Hm, I thought it was OK because of tolua being in the archive, under the very same terms. (And yes, I know about embedded code copies, but that's not the point here.) I guess that this latter deserves an RC bug? Cheers, -- Cyril Brulebois pgpjqL5gwzs4N.pgp Description: PGP signature ___ Pkg-games-devel mailing list Pkg-games-devel@lists.alioth.debian.org http://lists.alioth.debian.org/mailman/listinfo/pkg-games-devel
